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  1. The state of the powerlifting/strength forum

    To quote a competitive lifter from my facebook feed today: "that forum is the bottom of the barrel." If the powerlifting section is to ever draw competitive lifters then it needs legitimate and serious discussion about the sport. This is what it needs, not a bunch of non-competitive idiots...
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    how strong is you front squat ?

    how does your front squat strength compare to your back squat ?
  3. Pulled a back muscle :(

    Think i tweaked a back muscle on Friday last week in the AM. Had to reach low and long to pull something 50 kilos along a shelf. Not felt anything at all before getting out of the car tonight :( Could just be a stiff muscle though
  4. Full body

    Let's have a full body thread. Who here trains full body? I always really liked it. There is a big shift lately towards spending a day on each lift and body part splits. I've never grown as much on these types of training though and never got as strong! List some good full body workouts below...
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    Long post about Sciatica and 'back' issues

    Hi folks, Please forgive me for I'm about to make your ears bleed with a long-ish post about a dilemma I've been having for the past 12 months. Taurus, I was going to send you a PM about this as we have both had the same procedure (micro-d at L5/S1) however I thought I would also 'throw' it...
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    Whos made the change from bodybuilding to strength?

    Whos made the change to strength style routines? An anything you have noticed? Body shape etc.
  7. Bands

    So i'm looking to add some band work to my training, I was going to just get one of the 6 packs from gymdirect. Is this the best option considering i've never used them before and will get a range of sizes, plus works out cheaper than getting 3 or so individual pairs. What colours/resistance do...
  8. Who is AusBB's greatest athlete 2014

    I have put a thread for all you youngsters who like to compete to test themselves and make their claim to being AussBB's greatest all round athlete. There are five events, although you can do just some or all, and any event as many times as you like throughout 2014. Clean and overhead...
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    Best Back Exercises for Muscle Building

    Rank your top 5 favorite exercises for back building...
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    Go pro help needed - playing back on laptop

    Trying to play back a go pro video on a laptop that has windows xp on it, when I plug the go pro in (via USB cable) I go into the DCIM folder, then into 100GOPRO folder, then into the file (GOPRO134) mp4 file, and the it comes up with 'windows cannot open this file, to open this file windows...
  11. Cattle Grazing back in the High Country

    Although a very small and limited trial, I think this is definitely a step in the right direction in opening it up for the use for either cattle grazing 4x4ing, camping, mountain biking etc etc, instead of just locking it up and only letting tree hunggin walkers in which would only see about 1%...
  12. Vikings

    Season 2 just started anyone else watch it? Seriously one of my favourite tv series I have watched, Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Built by Science - Anatomy, Biomechanics, & 6 Week Training Program - Back - Bodybuil

    Built by Science - Anatomy, Biomechanics, & 6 Week Training Program - Back - Bodybuil http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHWgPPDENMo
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    Front Squats/Back Squats

    So I came across this squat program the other day, messed me up more than I was expecting. You take 65% of your 1RM Front Squat and do 7 Front Squats and 13 Back Squats with no rest between other than to rack bar on your back x 4 sets. Give it a go and let me know what you think, maybe I'm just...
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    mobility drills for upper back / shoulders advice

    Anyone got any good links for any mobility drills for upper back / shoulders?
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    My shredding for stereo journey

    Thought i would put this here if anybody is interested. On the 8th of December i weighed in at 89.9kg, i was fat, there is no other way to say it, i was making great strength gains having squatted 275kg without wraps in single ply, 130kg raw bench etc. on a seefood diet. I decided to go on...
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    Advice on using a belt to support back

    All Bit of a question and looking some advise opinions. I hurt my back pretty badly last week and I am now on strong pain killers and get physio to help with things. I have been advised no lifting for at least 2/3 weeks then ease Into it again. This is my first injury in 15 yrs of being in and...
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    Back and Shoulders on same day?

    Anyone here do both muscle groups on the same day? I was thinking of giving it a go (switching each week whether I start with back or delts). I would then be able to have a day for biceps triceps alone. Currently I do a 5 day split Quads Hammies Calfs Chest Back/Biceps Shoulders/Triceps
  19. Mark Hamill back in gym

    Mark Hamill is getting ripped for the new Star Wars movie in 2015. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/sep/17/star-wars-mark-hamill-gym-fit amazing photo of how he now looks at 61:
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    Lower back pain - how to eliminate?

    Hi All, Few weeks ago realised I had done my lower back and gave squats/deadlifts/all lower back/body exercises a miss. and then just started doing bodyweighted squats and deadlifts. Body felt ok in terms of recovery and last week decided to jump back into deadlifts. the DL session felt ok...